Bill Paxton is looking to make a sequel to the 1996 hit Twister. The actor recently took a road trip tracking the path of the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, the largest tornado to ever hit the US touching down in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

He says of a sequel:

“I always thought the first Twister was an exciting ride, but I thought a sequel could explore it in a more enthralling way, getting into more of the history and the lore, more of a darker version of the first one…I think you’d still want to have a lot of the dark humor and all of that, with the flying cows and everything.

"I think you could kind of intrigue people more by getting into a little more of the lore and really understanding. I just think there’s a lot more to explore there.”

There's also talk of making the sequel in 3-D with Paxton saying that a three-dimensional tornado would "obviously be pretty amazing."

We bet Helen Hunt would be up for it. She needs something to do these days.

I initially read that as "Twilight" Sequel…in 3D, which both made me bemoan the use of 3D in just about every movie ever, as well as made me cream my pants at the possibility at how fucking retardedly awesome that would be.

My grandmother was affected by that tornado and freaked out pretty easily over storms, transmitted that fear to mother who used to really freak. I was like "bring it on" I'd love to learn more about it.

Can I just say, how hot is Bill Paxton? I have been downloading all the old episodes of Big Love for the past couple of weeks, and that show is amazing and perfectly cast. Bill is just Jethro enough to make it believable that he is a polygamist weirdo, but I still find his character very attractive. That said, ugh, Twister was awful — one of only two movies my now-husband and I ever walked out on. I don't blame Bill — him I love — but watching Helen Hunt act is about as exciting as a white wicker laundry basket.

I would go see it. Tornados are a real, destructive force that affect many in the US (mostly) each year.
I can't believe the original is 14 YEARS OLD. At the time it made almost 1/4 BILLION domestically and 1/2 BILLION internationally. I did not know it was written by the late Michael Crichton (and wife) and cost almost 100 million.
To my recollection it was this film that helped the studios realize they could stretch the summer season into EARLY May.
Lastly, according to IMDb, Twister was the FIRST movie commercially released on DVD.